They have no right to lecture the Byelorussian people on how to conduct their elections or run their own political and economic systems, especially during the brutal repression of British youngsters trying to uphold their right to an education, as well as the anti-austerity protests in Spain, Greece and elsewhere.

Similar to conditions under the Soviet government, Byelorussian people are protected by subsidies so that rent and utilities account for only 4.4 percent of family expenditures in Belarus as opposed to 19 percent in the median of twenty-three OECD countries